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Vanished in the Shadows: The Unsolved Disappearance of Bertha Gould and the Morgan City Murders
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Vanished in the Shadows: The Unsolved Disappearance of Bertha Gould and the Morgan City Murders
Posted by admin on May 15, 2025, 22:36 367 0

A Night of Innocence Turns Tragic

On the evening of May 11, 1978, 14-year-old Bertha Yvonne Gould and her 15-year-old friend Judy Ann Adams attended a school fair at the Central Catholic High School in Morgan City, Louisiana. As the fair concluded around 11:30 p.m., the two girls were seen walking home along Victor II Boulevard. A witness later reported seeing them enter a white car driven by an unidentified man. This was the last time anyone saw Bertha alive.  

The Discovery That Shocked a Community

Two weeks later, on May 25, 1978, the body of Judy Adams was discovered in a septic tank in Bayou Vista, Louisiana. Alongside her was the body of 19-year-old Bridget Cantrell Sons, who had been abducted during a grocery store robbery in April of that year. Both victims had been bound and strangled. The body of 17-year-old Gordon M. Cannella Jr., who was abducted with Bridget, was found in a nearby cane field. Bertha's body, however, has never been found. ...Read More

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